Editing Jason Varitek (section)

{{short description|American baseball player (born 1972)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2012}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
| name        = Jason Varitek
| image       = Jason Varitek on June 30, 2009.jpg
| width       = 250
| caption     = Varitek in 2009
| position    = [[Catcher]] / [[Coach (baseball)|Coach]]
| birth_date  = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1972|4|11}}
| birth_place = [[Rochester, Michigan]], U.S.
| team        = Boston Red Sox
| number      = 33
| bats        = Switch
| throws      = Right
|debutleague = MLB
| debutdate   = September 24
| debutyear   = 1997
| debutteam   = Boston Red Sox
|finalleague = MLB
| finaldate  = September 25
| finalyear  = 2011
| finalteam  = Boston Red Sox
|statleague = MLB
| stat1label  = [[Batting average (baseball)|Batting average]]
| stat1value  = .256
| stat2label  = [[Home run]]s
| stat2value  = 193
| stat3label  = [[Run batted in|Runs batted in]]
| stat3value  = 757
| teams       = 
;As player
* [[Boston Red Sox]] ({{mlby|1997}}–{{mlby|2011}})
;As coach
* [[Boston Red Sox]] ({{mlby|2021}}–present)
| awards = 
* 3× [[Major League Baseball All-Star Game|All-Star]] ([[2003 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|2003]], [[2005 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|2005]], [[2008 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|2008]])
* 2× [[World Series champion]] ({{wsy|2004}}, {{wsy|2007}})
* [[Rawlings Gold Glove Award|Gold Glove Award]] (2005)
* [[Silver Slugger Award]] (2005) 
* [[Golden Spikes Award]] (1994)
* [[Dick Howser Trophy]] (1994)
* [[Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame]]
}}
'''Jason Andrew Varitek''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|v|ær|ᵻ|t|ɛ|k}}; born April 11, 1972), nicknamed "'''Tek'''", is an American professional [[baseball]] [[coach (baseball)|coach]] and former [[catcher]]. He is the game planning coordinator, a uniformed coaching position, for the [[Boston Red Sox]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/11/20/sports/jason-varitek-has-new-role-with-red-sox/ |title=Red Sox name Jason Varitek to coaching staff for 2021 season |first=Julian |last=McWilliams |website=[[The Boston Globe]] |date=November 20, 2020 |access-date=November 21, 2020 |quote=It’s the first time Varitek, who was listed as the team’s special assistant to the general manager, has a formal role on the Red Sox’ coaching staff.}}</ref> After being traded as a minor league prospect by the [[Seattle Mariners]], Varitek played his entire 15-year career in [[Major League Baseball]] (MLB) for the Red Sox. A three-time [[Major League Baseball All-Star Game|All-Star]] and [[Gold Glove Award|Gold Glove Award winner]] at [[catcher]], as well as a [[Silver Slugger Award]] winner, Varitek was part of the [[2004 World Series]] and [[2007 World Series]] Championship teams, and widely viewed as one of the team's leaders. In December 2004 he was named the [[Major League Baseball Team Captains|captain]] of the Red Sox, only their fourth captain since 1923.<ref>[[List of Boston Red Sox captains]]. ''[[Wikipedia]].''</ref> He was a [[switch-hitter]].<ref name="bbr"/>

Varitek is one of three players, along with pitcher [[Ed Vosberg]] and outfielder [[Michael Conforto]],<ref>{{Cite web|last=Albanese|first=Laura|date=October 22, 2015|title=Mets rookie Conforto reaches 3rd World Series|url=http://www.newsday.com/sports/baseball/mets/michael-conforto-has-now-reached-the-little-league-college-and-mlb-world-series-1.10997732|access-date=October 23, 2015|website=[[Newsday]]}}</ref> to play in the [[Little League World Series]], [[College World Series]], and Major League [[World Series]].  He also participated in [[Baseball at the 1992 Summer Olympics|Olympic Baseball]] and the [[World Baseball Classic]]. His [[Lake Brantley High School]] baseball team won the Florida State Championship his senior year in 1990 and was named the number one high school baseball team in the nation by a ''USA Today'' poll.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|last=Varitek|first=Jason|title=Jason Varitek biography|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120110003446/http://www.jason-varitek.com/biography.htm|url=http://www.jason-varitek.com/biography.htm|archive-date=January 10, 2012|access-date=May 16, 2021|website=JasonVaritek.com}}</ref> Varitek caught four [[no-hitter]]s, an MLB record later tied by [[Carlos Ruiz (baseball)|Carlos Ruiz]].<ref name=RSNPViRB>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/21/sports/baseball/21redsox.html|title=Red Sox' No-Hitter Puts Varitek in Record Books|access-date=May 13, 2010|date=May 21, 2008|work=[[The New York Times]]|author=Kaplan, Thomas}}</ref><ref name="no-no">{{cite web|last=Petraglia|first=Mike|date=May 20, 2008|title=No-hitter a record fourth for Varitek Red Sox catcher enters history books with Lester in Boston|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080530184731/http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080519&content_id=2733852&vkey=news_bos&fext=.jsp&c_id=bos|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080519&content_id=2733852&vkey=news_bos&fext=.jsp&c_id=bos|archive-date=May 30, 2008|access-date=February 3, 2009|work=[[Boston Red Sox]]}}</ref>